Name That Language!

Natural languages and linguistics
Karch
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Heiban?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
Darren
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Karch wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 6:23 pmHeiban?
Nope. And on the offchance your next guess is "Talodi", then you're right!
Karch
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Lumun?
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
Darren
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Karch wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:59 amLumun?
I don't know how you do it!
Travis B.
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Lemme guess ─ that was from a Bible translation, and Karch reads a lot of Bible translation sites.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
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Travis B. wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 5:37 pm Lemme guess ─ that was from a Bible translation, and Karch reads a lot of Bible translation sites.
No, it was from a random SIL article ("Lumun Narrative Discourse Analysis" by Timothy Stirtz).
Karch
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Darren wrote: Thu Nov 07, 2024 2:45 pm I don't know how you do it!
Having eliminated the Heiban languages, I guessed the only Talodi language that has a bible translation, which was Lumun. I didn't look at the translation before guessing, though, only looking at it afterwards to confirm my guess.
Anyway here's a new text:
Mɨtʼɨ apíyéno, mʉ́ ʉna iya ajepʉ́r, ʉna kʼánʉ́an. Háré, gájayɨ́ an khɨ́ birí abʼigín gɨ́ ʉn yalʉ́ gán ɨmʉ́ tolá, kurán tochá jepʉ́r, gɨ́ thorobɨ́l ána wiyú, an dʼʉkʼʉ́ es akhʉgʉ́, gájayɨ́ an kʼásá ngwál gʉan. Tene, gájayɨ́ ʉn dʼʉkʼʉ́ gán birí mʉ́ tolá yalʉ́, mʉ́ ana gɨl thorobɨ́l, ana metɨan. Gɨ́ me, gájayɨ́ an dʼʉkʼʉ́ birí khɨ́, mʉ́ ana gɨl thorobɨ́l, ana khʉgʉ́-es, awiya.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
bradrn
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South American? Amazonian?
Conlangs: Scratchpad | Texts | antilanguage
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Karch
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bradrn wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 8:14 am South American? Amazonian?
Neither.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
Nortaneous
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<ɨ> and <ʉ> = Africa. Nilotic?
Duaj teibohnggoe kyoe' quaqtoeq lucj lhaj k'yoejdej noeyn tucj.
K'yoejdaq fohm q'ujdoe duaj teibohnggoen dlehq lucj.
Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq. Teijp'vq.
Karch
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Nortaneous wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 11:30 pm <ɨ> and <ʉ> = Africa. Nilotic?
Not Nilotic, but it's indeed spoken in Africa.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
bradrn
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Chadic then?

EDIT: looks doubtful on further investigation. How about Southern Bantoid (excluding Bantu)?
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Karch
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bradrn wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:41 am Chadic then?

EDIT: looks doubtful on further investigation. How about Southern Bantoid (excluding Bantu)?
Neither.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
Zju
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Afroasiatic, perchance? Berber or East African AA?
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
Karch
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Zju wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 11:44 am Afroasiatic, perchance? Berber or East African AA?
Nope.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
Zju
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Hold on, do I spy both ejectives and implosives? Is it spoken in Eastern Africa, in the whereabouts of Ethiopia, Kenya or Tanzania?
Last edited by Zju on Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
Karch
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Zju wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:01 pm Hold on, do I spy both ejectives and implosives? Is it spoken in Eastern Africe, in the whereabouts of Ethiopia, Kenya or Tanzania?
Yes, and yes, it's indeed spoken in one of these countries!
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
Zju
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Is this the original orthography, and more specifically, does it have close central vowels?
Is it spoken in Ethiopia? The paucity of wals data suggests it's most likely to be there.
/j/ <j>

Ɂaləɂahina asəkipaɂə ileku omkiroro salka.
Loɂ ɂerleku asəɂulŋusikraɂə seləɂahina əɂətlahɂun əiŋɂiɂŋa.
Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ. Hərlaɂ.
Karch
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Zju wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:24 pm Is this the original orthography, and more specifically, does it have close central vowels?
Is it spoken in Ethiopia? The paucity of wals data suggests it's most likely to be there.
Yes, this is the original orthography, but <ɨ> and <ʉ> do not stand for close central vowels. It is however spoken in Ethiopia.
Zpaf kkuñb ñvneahttiñ wqxirftvn meof ñfañhsit.
Kkuñb ñvzxirf kvtañb kkuñf ñtmeaq sfañkqeanth.
Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq. Yvnmuq.
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